Regardless of which lentils you want to cook, the answer is: yes, wash them before cooking.
SZ Magazine interviewed Professor Hans Steinhart, the former director of the Institute for Biochemistry and Food Chemistry at the University of Hamburg, about this. His recommendation: “Wash.” This way, dirt, dust and pollutants don’t end up in the cooking pot.
The online platform utopia.de recommends rinsing the lentils thoroughly before cooking. You should wash them until the water is no longer cloudy and remains clear, the article says. vegpool.de also recommends rinsing the lenses with cold water – often “until the water is barely cloudy anymore.”
Pour a little water over it twice, swirl it around and pour the water away is enough, says Steinhart in the SZ Magazine article.
When it comes to lentils, you can differentiate between the different types. According to Steinhart, plate lenses should always be washed.
“Some of the peeled yellow and red lentils have already been pre-treated. The risk of these having pollutants on their surface is lower. This makes it less important to wash them. I would still recommend it because as a consumer you don’t know the growing conditions,” said the expert in the SZ Magazine interview.
Washing rice is just as important. According to Steinhart, pollutants, but also possible toxic metals such as arsenic and cadmium, can be eliminated in this way.
Source: Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin , utopia.de , vegpool.de
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